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731. Will Wright Interview

Written on Thursday 10 February 2005 at 22:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Spanish site MeriStation has posted an interview with Will Wright. In the interview he talks about why he's at a presentation of the Nintendo DS. That was first and foremost to promote the Urbz on the DS, but also to hold a lecture about Will's vision on the evolution of games. Wright's been in the industry since he created Raid on Bungeling Bay in 1985, and he's seen games develop and improve over the years. The DS is a jump forward again with the new features, and Will hopes that the platform will give videogames more variety that's necessary in the industry. The platform should attract both adults and youngsters, as it's easily accessible. Even people who aren't usually able to enter the complex world of videogames but are more easily hooked to games like Snake or Solitaire are able to use the DS and play games on it. Wright also comments on Nintendo that it has the capacity to innovate, and that they are very eager to create something different. But there's a lot more he has to say... Read More!

732. Indigo at Last

Written on Wednesday 9 February 2005 at 22:19 by Sumit - 2 comments.

Now in indigo...the matrix bedrooms continue to gain more colors and momentum. Download this with much glee and delight, this one will bring sims in ultimate happiness. This is a bedroom, thus includes the bedsheets, wallpaper, and flooring. I hadn't made curtains, but if anyone wants some, they shall come.

733. Back Again!

Written on Wednesday 9 February 2005 at 02:25 by Bettyjoe - 1 comment.

Well, after an extended absence I am back. I hope you will start downloading and enjoying the content that you will see from me. I have always strived to bring quality content to the game and hope that the new classic victorian walls are no exception. Please visit my files section. Download my newest files and make sure to grab some of the oldies too. I hope you enjoy what you see, and I'm looking forward to sending you lots of new files for use with both the original sims and their expansions, as well as the sims 2.

734. Sims 5 Years - Some Highlights

Written on Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 15:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We already reported that the Sims was 5 years old already this week. EA has issued a press release with the same information, including some highlights of 5 year Sims. The franchise has sold over 54 million units in total, which includes the Sims 1 and its seven expansions, the console games and the Sims 2. The last one has, in about 5 months, already been sold more than 4.5 million times. 16 Million copies of the original game, the Sims 1, were sold over the past 5 years, which makes it the best sold PC game in North America, and the Sims 2 was the best selling PC game there in 2004 according to the NPD group. The sequel has already received 20 editor's choice awards, perfect review scores and over 35 magazine covers worldwide. The exchange is a success too, with over 125,000 Sims and houses created and uploaded, which have been downloaded by 5 million unique visitors. Besides that there have been 4,000 movies already since the launch of the game in September. Wright's entrance in the AIAS Hall of Fame early 2002. But that's not all Wright has achieved since the Sims:

"Wright has also been included in Entertainment Weekly's 'It List' of 'the 100 most creative people in entertainment,' Time Digital's 'Digital 50,' a listing of 'the most important people shaping technology today.' In 2002, he was listed as number 35 on Entertainment Weekly's Power List and in 2003 was featured in Game Informer's 'Top 10 Developer List of 2003.'"

For more details, check out the press release.

735. Cheap Matrix Living and Reminder

Written on Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 05:20 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Once we celebrated the nice luxury side of the Leaf Matrix Living, but now lets get a bit cheaper. Who says cheap sofas have to be ugly? Now we have a true wonder.

*URGENT REMINDER*
Once more I remind ya'll who have downloaded my Sims 2 objects, you must redownload them in order to get a version that will be compatible with the University Expansion Pack. All objects before this Leaf Matrix Cheap Living set must be redownloaded and replaced. If you are unsure of any file of whether it is new or old, be safe and redownload. As Cheetah posted earlier, same suit should follow on other websites which have objects from The Sims 2.

736. The Red Matrix Bedroom

Written on Monday 7 February 2005 at 22:20 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Now in red...the matrix bedrooms continue to gain more colors and momentum. Download this with much glee and delight, this one will bring sims in ultimate happiness. This is a bedroom, thus includes the bedsheets, wallpaper, and flooring. I hadn't made curtains, but if anyone wants some, they shall come.



One more color to come...soon!

*URGENT UPDATE* All The Sims 2 Objects have just been updated for the University Expansion Pack. This includes this current Red Matrix Bedroom. If you see this message, please redownload all objects. If you have not downloaded the Red Matrix Bedroom as of yet, the current one is of updated strength. If you are unsure of any of this confusion, just redownload ALL SIMS 2 OBJECTS anyways...to be safe. There are only 9 objects, as of yet, on my part..so its not too bad. :)

Any other objects of mine that come after this post, will already be University ready.

737. Screens and Artwork

Written on Saturday 5 February 2005 at 14:38 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Superbowl is this weekend, and as many of you might know Sims in University are able to hold sports parties. The Swedish site has posted 3 screenshots showing Sims watching the big game. Besides that there are two others, one with a secret society and another with the "Resurrectonomitron," (see the previous chat) the object that you can bring passed Sims back to life with. Finally the Japanese EA has posted a small artwork of a Sim behind an arcade machine on their TS2U info page. Thanks to James Magenta for the tip. You can see all the screenshots below, and click the thumbnails to see the large versions. The artwork is in the full size as it was posted already.

738. New Tutorial - Community Lots

Written on Saturday 5 February 2005 at 00:37 by Neil - 2 comments.

Brand new tutorial cum "infomercial" (for want of a better description) added by me (hello!). This particular one discusses community lots, what to do, what not to do and generally shows one I made and also: The Llama isn't hidden here (see previous news posts). If you want proof, grab the file from my Files section.

Clicky here: ->Read Tutorial <-.

739. The Arctic Blue Matrix Bedroom

Written on Friday 4 February 2005 at 01:15 by Sumit - 0 comments.

And the teaser has shown true, as the next generation of gemstone bedrooms are revealed. Download this with much glee and delight, this one will bring sims in ultimate happiness. This is a bedroom, thus includes the bedsheets, wallpaper, and flooring. I hadn't made curtains, but if anyone wants some, they shall come.



Two more colors come...and maybe more if there comes to a time of demand.

740. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 20:54 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

This week's SimDay brings a few new things. The first is the winning of an AIAS award by the Sims 2. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has awarded the game as best simulation game of 2004. Last year Maxis won two AIAS awards as well, for Bustin' Out and Superstar. Furthermore there's news of an interview with Will Wright on The Onion. The website interviewed Will about creating the Sims and SimCity series. He talks about how he gets inspired, but also about things he's tried but never worked out very well, and how SimAnt more or less turned into the Sims:

"There was a little simulation of a guy who lived in the house who would sit and watch television, get food from the fridge, mow the lawn, stuff like that. I realized at the end of SimAnt that the simulation we built for the ants was almost more intelligent than for the guy, because the guy was being done using traditional programming, whereas the ants were done using this distributed environmental intelligence of the pheromone trails. I began wondering, could we build a more robust simulation of human behavior if we adopted this ant model, where we distribute the intelligence not through the agents, but through the environment? Then I started experimenting with some techniques, and that got the ball rolling for The Sims."

To read the rest of the article, which mentions a lot more than just that, head over to the special. Finally there's a link to yesterday's preview, which we've already mentioned here.

[Update 4 February, 23:30] SimDay Part 2 has been posted as well, with two new things. The first is a survey about the Urbz. If you got the game, you can let Maxis know what you think of it. It's quite possible they will use the information for future games. Remarkable is the mention of the Urbz 2 during the survey. There have been some rumours about this title already, and although the survey in no way confirms it it's not any less likely now. The second thing is a new Valentine's Day look for MySim Pages. If you're feeling romantic you can apply it to yours, or you can check out MaxoidMonkey's page for a preview.